☀️📈 Top Stock Market Headlines for July 21

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💰 Featured News

Amazon introduces palm payment technology at all Whole Foods stores - CNBC

AMC Theatres Abandons Variable Seat Pricing, Tests New Front Row Seating Option - CNBC

Google creates AI tool called 'Genesis' to generate news articles - CNBC

Financial Institutions Embrace FedNow Instant Payments Service - GlobeNewsWire

Blackstone hits $1T asset milestone, but earnings slide - Reuters

Johnson & Johnson shines in Q2 2023 with strong earnings and raised guidance - CNBC

TSMC's Q2 profit slumps and delays Arizona chip factory opening - CNBC

American Airlines Raises Profit Outlook After Strong Performance - Reuters

Market rally halted as Netflix and Tesla disappoint investors - GuruFocus

Discover stock plummets on accounting mistake, profit miss, and buyback pause - Reuters

Kenvue impresses with strong debut and surpasses earnings expectations - Reuters

IBM's Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates with Strong Software Sales and Double-Digit Growth - CNBC

Trump-Linked SPACs Settle Fraud Charges with SEC - CNBC

Intuitive Surgical Outperforms Expectations, Stock Falls - Reuters

Elliott's Stake in Catalent Boosts Stock - Invezz

🤝 Mergers and Acquisitions

FTC may pause opposition to Microsoft-Activision merger: report - Market Watch

Heritage-Crystal Clean shares soar on $1.2B takeover - Proactive Investors

Anfield Energy completes acquisition of Neutron Energy - Proactive Investors

Consolidated Lithium Acquires Additional Lithium Mining Concessions in Quebec and Upsizes Flow-Through Financing - GlobeNewsWire

ESH Acquisition Corp. Announces Upcoming Automatic Unit Separation - GlobeNewsWire

Update on regulatory approvals for the acquisition by Goldman Sachs Asset Management of 72.11% of the shares in Frøy and subsequent mandatory offer - GlobeNewsWire

Society Pass Inc's (Nasdaq: SOPA) Travel Subsidiary, NusaTrip Inc, Acquires IATA-licensed Vietnam International Travel and Service JSC; Acquisition Adds Approximately US$2 million in GMV to NusaTrip Revenue Base - GlobeNewsWire

Solar Alliance provides update on Canadian solar acquisition, extends exclusivity period as due diligence continues - GlobeNewsWire

Anfield Completes Acquisition of Uranium Project with Historical Indicated Uranium Resource of 18.1 Million Pounds - GlobeNewsWire

Extra Space Storage & Life Storage Announce Closing of Merger - PRNewsWire

💼 Executives

Analysis: Elon Musk and Tesla loom over Detroit's auto labor talks - Reuters

United CEO confirms airline faces problem finding pilots to take captain's chair - Reuters

Chewy CFO Mario Marte to retire - Market Watch

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on record earnings: We think it's a multi-year trajectory - CNBC

Volvo Cars will use Tesla's Superchargers but not its autonomous driving tech. Its CEO explains why - CNBC

Musk mulling more price cuts for Tesla models - Fox

Philip Morris CEO Jacek Olczak on earnings beat: Driven by smoke-free product growth - CNBC

The state of regional banks: Synovus CEO on lending trends - CNBC

Jaguar Land Rover names Adrian Mardell as new CEO - Reuters

Vintage Wine Estates names Seth Kaufman next CEO amid turnaround efforts - Market Watch

📈 Earnings

Capital One Financial beats profit estimates on higher interest income - Reuters

KeyCorp second-quarter profit halves on higher loan loss provisions - Reuters

Abbott beats quarterly profit estimates on demand for medical devices - Reuters

Travelers swings to loss as it books $1.5 billion in catastrophe losses - Market Watch

D.R. Horton's stock surges into record territory after bit profit and revenue beats, raised outlook - Market Watch

Netflix stock sinks as Wall Street looks for clarity on revenue growth - CNBC

Tesla Shares Fall As Price Cuts Hurt Profitability Despite Record Q2 Revenue - Investopedia

PPG Industries raises forecast as higher prices boost quarterly results - Reuters

Fifth Third Bancorp tops profit estimates on strong interest income - Reuters

SSE reports a weak Q1: ‘we expect the company to unlock further value' - Invezz

🇺🇸 North America

Victims want Morgan Stanley to answer for ex-financial advisor's Ponzi scheme - CNBC

Walmart cuts price of Walmart+ for households that receive food stamps, other government aid - CNBC

US FDA approves Emergent BioSolutions' anthrax vaccine - Reuters

Guyana to take no action on Exxon contractor until formally notified on U.S. probe - VP - Reuters

Facebook's $725 million privacy settlement faces opposition from some class members - Reuters

Altice co-founder denies wrongdoing in corruption inquiry - Reuters

Auto supplier Magna to invest $790 mln to build three new facilities - Reuters

Tornado damage at Pfizer facility threatens to make critical drug-supply shortages even worse, experts say - Market Watch

Tesla recalls about 16,000 EVs due to seat belt issue - Market Watch

Lawmakers Challenge Ford and Chinese Battery Partner Over Forced Labor - NY Times

🇬🇧 Europe

Stellantis unit official pleads guilty to felony in US diesel emissions probe - Reuters

Dassault Aviation H1 order intake drops, no Rafale orders - Reuters

Ryanair pledges to base 30 new aicraft in Ukraine after conflict ends - Reuters

Danske Bank hikes guidance, resumes dividends - Reuters

Norsk Hydro says Russian metal threatens benchmark status of LME aluminium - Reuters

Hikma, Fresenius shares rally after tornado hits rival Pfizer's U.S. plant - Reuters

Transocean Announces $518 Million Drillship Contract - 24/7 Wall Street

Beauty demand is strong despite consumer demand headwinds, says Givaudan CEO - CNBC

Babcock shares fired up 11% to near year's high despite profits plunge - Proactive Investors

ASML benefits from selling older-generation tools to China: Analyst - CNBC

🇨🇳 Asia

Japan's Daiichi Sankyo gets US FDA nod for blood cancer treatment - Reuters

Ninja Creami maker SharkNinja plans to offer 138 million shares in upcoming separation from parent JS Global - Market Watch

Nio stock price forecast: rating upgrade with a 22% upside - Invezz

Guardforce AI inks partnership for innovative robotic security solution in Singapore - Proactive Investors

NIO Stock Alert: Nio Unveils New Battery Swapping Details - InvestorPlace

Why Is Guardforce AI (GFAI) Stock Up 55% Today? - InvestorPlace

Indian software giant Infosys slashes yearly growth outlook - TechXplore

Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited Appoints New Co-Chief Financial Officer - GlobeNewsWire

Toyota Scores with Action-Packed Gold Cup Campaign - PRNewsWire

Lytus Technologies makes significant progress on Broadband and IPTV Services - GlobeNewsWire

🇲🇽 South / Central America

Panama's Copa Airlines Soars in Buy Zone Post-Analyst Upgrades - MarketBeat

BLADEX ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND PAYMENT FOR SECOND QUARTER 2023 - PRNewsWire

Mexico's Banorte posts profit boost on insurance, trading units - Reuters

Banco Itaú Chile published a material event notice informing the placement of Bonds in the local market - GlobeNewsWire

Azul Announces the Launch of a Mandatory Repurchase Offer to Purchase up to U.S.$55,900,850 in Aggregate Principal Amount of its Outstanding 11.500% Senior Secured Second Out Notes due 2029 - PRNewsWire

Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. Announces Consolidated Results for Second Quarter 2023 - Business Wire

BLADEX ANNOUNCES A 61% YOY INCREASE IN NET PROFIT TO $37.1 MILLION OR $1.02 PER SHARE FOR THE 2Q23; ANNUALIZED RETURN ON EQUITY OF 13.4% IN 2Q23 - PRNewsWire

Petrobras (PBR) Boosts Refining Plan Amid Rising Diesel Imports - Zacks Investment Research

🇿🇦 Africa News

Egypt and Centamin agree on mining framework - Kitco